According to the Russian army, the target objective was a “camouflaged base” where “terrorist groups” were trained to carry out attacks in Syria and make explosives.
The Russian army announced on Monday April 19, having killed “around 200 fighters” in Syria during an air bombing on a base housing “terrorists” in the northeast of the city of Palmyra.
“After confirmation by several sources of the location of terrorist targets, the Russian air forces made several strikes following which two shelters were destroyed and around 200 fighters were killed,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, quoted by several press agencies.
“These bombings made it possible to destroy 24 pick-ups equipped with heavy machine guns and around 500 kilos of ammunition and components for the manufacture of improvised explosives,” it was also announced.
However, the press release does not specify which terrorist group it is a question, nor the precise date of the bombing.
